http://www.dodbuzz.com Online Defense and Acquisition Journal Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:14:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/marines-laud-jsf-vertical-landing/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/marines-laud-jsf-vertical-landing/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:37:18 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13795 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/marines-laud-jsf-vertical-landing/feed/ 3 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/data-dump-for-youtube-troopers/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/data-dump-for-youtube-troopers/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:12:03 +0000 Greg Grant http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13765 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/18/data-dump-for-youtube-troopers/feed/ 3 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/jsf-nails-stovl-and-hovers/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/jsf-nails-stovl-and-hovers/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:01:35 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13778 UPDATED: Hill Aide Says LockMar Has "long way to go to demonstrate max load bring back vertical landing." In a move that couldn’t be much better timed, the F-35B successfully executed a short take off and a landing, as well as a hover. Lockheed Martin said the tests "confirmed predictions of the jet’s vertical thrust, stability and control in hovering flight." ]]> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/jsf-nails-stovl-and-hovers/feed/ 10 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/more-f-16s-little-help-to-taiwan/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/more-f-16s-little-help-to-taiwan/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:45:56 +0000 Greg Grant http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13756 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/more-f-16s-little-help-to-taiwan/feed/ 27 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/pressure-builds-for-more-hornets-multi-year-ok-likely/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/pressure-builds-for-more-hornets-multi-year-ok-likely/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:17:20 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13734 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/17/pressure-builds-for-more-hornets-multi-year-ok-likely/feed/ 23 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/eads-tanker-rises-again/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/eads-tanker-rises-again/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:01:18 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13686 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/eads-tanker-rises-again/feed/ 39 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/tankers-the-test-for-atl/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/tankers-the-test-for-atl/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:04:18 +0000 Robbin Laird http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13608 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/12/tankers-the-test-for-atl/feed/ 11 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-costs-rocket-50-percent/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-costs-rocket-50-percent/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:27 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13634 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-costs-rocket-50-percent/feed/ 55 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-faces-fire-risk-head-tester/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-faces-fire-risk-head-tester/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:17:43 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13623 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/11/jsf-faces-fire-risk-head-tester/feed/ 13 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/china-drives-airsea-battle/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/china-drives-airsea-battle/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:01 +0000 Greg Grant http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13613 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/china-drives-airsea-battle/feed/ 45 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/mccain-says-single-tanker-bid-ok/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/mccain-says-single-tanker-bid-ok/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:59:37 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13597 UPDATED: Sarkozy To Press Obama On Tanker Today's headline in The Hill tells the story: "McCain Endorses Pentagon Process On Tanker Bid As Legitimate." My colleague Roxana Tiron asked McCain for his views and the story says he told her that he "was not worried about Boeing, the only competitor left for the contract." Meanwhile, EU officials warned against American protectionism in the wake of Northrop's decision to pull out of the $35 billion deal.]]> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/10/mccain-says-single-tanker-bid-ok/feed/ 54 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/09/sasc-should-drill-carter-on-jsf/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/09/sasc-should-drill-carter-on-jsf/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:01:37 +0000 Winslow Wheeler http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13556 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/09/sasc-should-drill-carter-on-jsf/feed/ 20 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/08/northrop-drops-tanker-bid/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/08/northrop-drops-tanker-bid/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:09:25 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13540 UPDATED: DepSecDef Lynn Says U.S. 'Disappointed' By NG Decision More than eight years since Boeing first tried to supply new airborne tankers to the Defense Department, the company appears to have finally won the tanker competition. Northrop Grumman announced today that it will not bid on the KC-X tanker and it will not file a protest that might delay the program any further The announcement came from the top. "We reached this conclusion based on the structure of the source selection methodology defined in the RFP, which clearly favors Boeing’s smaller refueling tanker and does not provide adequate value recognition of the added capability of a larger tanker, precluding us from any competitive opportunity," said CEO Wes Bush.]]> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/08/northrop-drops-tanker-bid/feed/ 52 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/carter-reassures-sasc-sets-f-35-hearings/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/carter-reassures-sasc-sets-f-35-hearings/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:11:37 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13475 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/carter-reassures-sasc-sets-f-35-hearings/feed/ 20 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/ta-da-boeing-unveils-its-kc-x/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/ta-da-boeing-unveils-its-kc-x/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:59:42 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13465 including a little movie and a press release. There was no mention of a 777 tanker, just the long-expected 767. One of the more intriguing adds to the new bid was the news that the new tanker will boast "a digital flight deck featuring electronic displays" taken from the 787, Boeing's most advanced civilian plane. It will "show all flight attitude, navigation, engine indication and crew-alerting information on screens 75 percent larger than on a commercial Airbus A330." One can almost hear the Boeing folks crying: Take that EADS!]]> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/04/ta-da-boeing-unveils-its-kc-x/feed/ 42 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/jsf-buy-shrinks-if-costs-grow/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/jsf-buy-shrinks-if-costs-grow/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:44:00 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13442 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/jsf-buy-shrinks-if-costs-grow/feed/ 31 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/bomber-spy-plane-uav/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/bomber-spy-plane-uav/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:27:42 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13352 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/03/bomber-spy-plane-uav/feed/ 16 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/02/few-jsf-changes-after-nunn-mccurdy/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/02/few-jsf-changes-after-nunn-mccurdy/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:37:52 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13390 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/02/few-jsf-changes-after-nunn-mccurdy/feed/ 11 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/01/carter-orders-jsf-changes/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/01/carter-orders-jsf-changes/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:21:28 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13361 UPDATED: Congressional AIde Says F-35 Still A "Pig;" Lockheed Defends Program In his most significant action since the Senate confirmed him, Ash Carter has issued an acquisition decision memorandum moving full rate production to November 2015, to withhold $614 million from Lockheed Martin and only pay it "to reward measurable progress..." Carter’s revised plan drew a stinging critique and call for a production freeze from Winslow Wheeler, a former congressional budget expert now with the Center for Defense Information.]]> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/03/01/carter-orders-jsf-changes/feed/ 42 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/02/25/skelton-disses-gates-f136-study/ http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/02/25/skelton-disses-gates-f136-study/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:38:43 +0000 Colin Clark http://www.dodbuzz.com/?p=13323 http://www.dodbuzz.com/2010/02/25/skelton-disses-gates-f136-study/feed/ 30